Raescu Surname
Approximately 286 people bear this surname
Raescu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 281 | 1:71,451 | 8,538 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
The alternate forms: Răescu (59) are calculated separately.
Raescu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Raescu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Raescu is more commonly found in Romania than any other country or territory. It may also appear as: Răescu. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Raescu? popularity and diffusion
Raescu is the 924,083rd most frequently used family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 25,480,930 people. The surname Raescu is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Raescu live; 98 percent live in Eastern Europe and 98 percent live in Romanian Europe.
The surname Raescu is most widely held in Romania, where it is carried by 281 people, or 1 in 71,451. In Romania Raescu is mostly concentrated in: Caraș-Severin County, where 57 percent are found, Mehedinți County, where 37 percent are found and Gorj County, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Romania this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent are found and Germany, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Răescu | 94 | 59 | / |
| Raiescu | 92 | 235 | / |
| Raesu | 91 | 3 | / |
| Rescu | 91 | 3 | / |
| Roescu | 83 | 146 | / |
| Hrescu | 83 | 10 | / |
| Rascau | 83 | 10 | / |
| Rujescu | 77 | 198 | / |
| Roiescu | 77 | 63 | / |
| Roșescu | 77 | 24 | / |
| Raesult | 77 | 2 | / |
| Răiescu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rahesau | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rahesus | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rasku | 73 | 372 | / |
| Resku | 73 | 48 | / |
| Raşcu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Rajeshku | 71 | 1 | / |
| Raudscus | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rashku | 67 | 51 | / |
| Rascão | 67 | 39 | / |
| Rausku | 67 | 27 | / |
| Rahisu | 67 | 14 | / |
| Roscau | 67 | 6 | / |
| Hrasku | 67 | 3 | / |
| Raisku | 67 | 2 | / |
| Rezcui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Reshku | 67 | 1 | / |
| Razcou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hresku | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Raescu
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